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* '''Clean and jerk''', where the bar is first lifted to just beneath the chin, and then lifted above the head after a short pause.

* '''Clean and jerk''', where the bar is first lifted to just beneath the chin, and then lifted above the head after a short pause.

Participants compete in both disciplines (with the weights being increased in a similar way to the raising of the bar in a [[high jump]] competition), and add their best scores in each. The man or woman with the highest combined total is the winner<ref>http://www.iwf.net/</ref>.

Participants compete in both disciplines (with the weights being increased in a similar way to the raising of the bar in a [[athletics|high jump]] competition), and add their best scores in each. The man or woman with the highest combined total is the winner<ref>http://www.iwf.net/</ref>.

The world record for weightlifting in the men's super-heavyweight division is 472kg (over 1000lb), set at the Olympic Games in [[Sydney]] in 2000<ref>http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/records/results_uk.asp</ref>. This is about as heavy as two fully-grown male lions<ref>http://www.lioncrusher.com/animal.asp?animal=59</ref>.

The world record for weightlifting in the men's super-heavyweight division is 472kg (over 1000lb), set at the Olympic Games in [[Sydney]] in 2000<ref>http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/records/results_uk.asp</ref>. This is about as heavy as two fully-grown male [[lions]]<ref>http://www.lioncrusher.com/animal.asp?animal=59</ref>.

Countries who usually perform well in weightlifting include [[China]] and many [[Eastern Europe]]an and former [[Soviet]] states.

Countries who usually perform well in weightlifting include [[China]] and many [[Eastern Europe]]an and former [[Soviet]] states.